Merle Haggard bought his way out of a record deal just so he could release "Me And Crippled Soldiers" in 1990.

When country legends circle the wagons, you’d expect them to aim at rebels—not ride with them. Merle Haggard defended The Chicks after their anti-Bush backlash, and it was so unexpected that people ...

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Merle Haggard was an escape artist. The future country music legend broke out of juvenile hall and prison 17 times by his own count as a teenager and young man. But his greatest escape was getting out ...